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In the UK, the starting principle of land ownership is that "freehold land entitles the owner to rights at the surface and down to the centre of the earth".

If only it were that simple.

In this subterranean edition of Farming Today This Week, Sybil Ruscoe heads to a Cotswold stone quarry near Cheltenham to explore who owns what underground. From gas to gold, coal to buried treasure - what can a landowner actually lay claim to?

Gold, silver, gas, oil and coal belongs to the Crown and unless you own the mineral rights, other assets beneath the soil may well end up in someone else's pocket. Sybil meets Gary Pountain from Cotswold Stone Quarries who explains how their relationship works with the landowner, and what they manufacture on site.

Featuring interviews with the British Geological Survey, National Trust, UK Coal and the farmer whose land surrendered the Staffordshire Hoard.

Presented by Sybil Ruscoe and produced by Anna Jones.